What stories shape the way we pay attention to the living world? When we describe a species as a hero, a villain, or an invader, what becomes visible—and what disappears?

Storytelling helps us make sense of complexity, but every story carries assumptions. In Beyond Hero and Villain Narratives in Ecology and Conservation Science, Kristy Ferraro and G. Adam Meyer examine how familiar narrative structures can oversimplify ecological relationships, assigning moral roles where there may instead be entanglement, context, and interdependence.

In this Study, we'll explore the relationship between attention and narrative. Together we'll ask how the stories we inherit shape what we notice, and experiment with other ways of perceiving the more-than-human world that leave room for complexity, ambiguity, and relationship.

Text: Kristy M. Ferraro and G. Adam Meyer’s “Beyond hero and villain narratives in ecology and conservation science”

Date: Sunday, July 12 at 10:30am

Location: Mary Moore Searight Metropolitan Park in Austin, Texas with Chris and Leah

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